In brief - Baidu says ERNIE 5.1 pre-training cost is just 6% of what comparable AI models spend - Despite this, the model is ranked fourth globally on the LMArena Search leaderboard. - Baidu compressed the model to roughly one-third the total parameters of its predecessor, ERNIE 5.0, without sacrificing flagship-level performance. Baidu, China's equivalent of Google, officially released ERNIE 5.1 ...